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Weekly Update 10-27-25

  ๐ŸŒŸ CTE Weekly Highlights ✨ Looking Back ๐Ÿงฉ Last week included multiple building visits, articulation follow-ups, and discussions about events and advisory updates.  ๐ŸŽ“ Dual Credit & Articulation Follow-Up – We continued connecting with colleges on verification forms and expanding Opportunities for our students. ๐Ÿ’ฐ Paula wrapped up several outstanding grant items for End of Year reporting and update on Perkinds indicators, where we were short of the state targets, primarily due to incomplete reporting. ๐ŸŒฑ The CTE office chaperoned a field trip with our ECE Program to the Freedom Farm. ๐Ÿ“… Coming Up This Week ๐Ÿ—️ Middle-Level Expansion Planning – The team continues working with teachers on 4–8th-grade manufacturing and exploration activities for early CTE exposure. ๐Ÿ’ฌ National Career Cluster Alignment - The CTE office will be partnering with OSPI and other stakeholders to identify how the National Career Cluster adoption will affect Washington state, and...

Weekly Update 10-20-25

  ๐ŸŒŸ CTE Weekly Highlights ✨ Looking Back ๐Ÿ“‹ This past week brought continued work on industry credential alignment, including several conversations about course-to-code compliance. Our office also supported program updates related to middle-level expansion and the coordination of outreach activities. A few of you joined regional partners for the Future of Work event—thank you for representing OSD CTE so well! ๐Ÿ“… Coming Up This Week ๐Ÿ”Ž Program Compliance & Course Review – As the fall term settles, we’ll continue double-checking course codes and teacher assignments to ensure full compliance in Q. ๐Ÿš€ CTE Advisory Planning – Preparation begins for upcoming advisory meetings—please make sure you save minutes and attendance logs to your shared folder or send to Chelase to add on your behalf. ๐Ÿ’ฐ Budget Tracking – We’re continuing to monitor year-to-date expenditures to keep programs aligned with the approved plans. ๐Ÿซ School Visits – Paula will be out in schools for observation...

Weekly Highlights 10/13/25

  ๐ŸŒŸ CTE Weekly Highlights ✨ Looking Back ๐Ÿ’ฌ This past week included several site visits and collaborative meetings across our CTE programs. The team continued Perkins grant work and checked in with our community college partners around Dual Credit and credential reporting. Thank you to everyone who was able to chat and share updates from your classrooms—your work helps us stay connected to what’s happening with students. ๐Ÿ“… Coming Up This Week ๐Ÿซ School Visits – Paula will be in buildings throughout the week to support program needs and check in with teachers. ๐Ÿงพ Perkins and Budgets – We’re finalizing Perkins reporting components and continuing to monitor budget allocations as purchases begin to roll in. ๐ŸŽ“ Dual Credit Articulations – SPSCC and Pierce forms are in motion; teachers involved in new articulations can expect follow-up soon. ๐Ÿค Partnership Conversations – Several career-connected learning partners are scheduling visits—thank you for helping us coordinate those log...

CTE Weekly Highlights 10-6-25

  ๐ŸŒŸ CTE Weekly Highlights ✨ Looking Back ๐Ÿ’ฐ Budgets Chelsea has completed the budget transfers and will share the finalized budget amounts, along with reminders of your budget codes. ๐Ÿ“… Coming Up This Week ๐Ÿงพ Budgets Chelsea will communicate budget amounts and codes. You’ll see your budgets loaded in Q as soon as the Business Office processes last week’s transactions. ๐ŸŽ“ Dual Credit Articulations Chelsea will be reaching out to SPSCC and Pierce Colleges to obtain Teacher Verification forms so we can execute those agreements in the coming weeks. ๐Ÿงฉ TILT Meeting The District Instructional Leadership Team (TILT) will meet this week to continue work on School Improvement Plans and other collaborative planning efforts. ๐Ÿš€ Future of Work The Thurston Chamber’s Future of Work event showcases the region’s emerging industries and the diverse career opportunities available to our students upon graduation.